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A Birmingham software company is partnering with a Minneapolis medical company to provide a drug dispenser that would hand out medicines ATM-style at same-day surgery centers.

SourceMedical Solutions Inc. was selected by Minneapolis' InstyMeds as the exclusive provider of the SourcePlus Prescription Center, which will label and dispense medicines that include tablets, capsules, liquids, suspensions, creams, ointments, inhalers and eye drops. Patients would receive medicines at the point of discharge from the surgery center instead of waiting until it is ready at area stores.

The system was designed to reduce medication errors and control costs and it complies with federal regulations, the company said. It checks medications for accuracy through a triple bar code process.

The companies intend for the center to be placed in communities without 24-hour pharmacies.

The Prescription Center will be tested in select markets across the country, however the company did not specify where.

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